US6589193B2ExpiredUtilityA1

Hemorrhoid treatment and prostate massage apparatus

Priority: Sep 29, 2000Filed: Jun 19, 2001Granted: Jul 8, 2003
Est. expirySep 29, 2020(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Jiro Takashima
A61M 29/00A61M 2210/166A61H 21/00A61M 2210/1067
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Claims

Abstract

An apparatus for massaging a prostate gland and for providing treatment for hemorrhoids through the contraction of a human sphincter including a head having a size suitable for fitting into a human rectum and through the sphincter and a resistor connected to a bottom of the head. The head has a bulbous upper portion and a tapered section extending from the upper portion. The tapered section narrows in diameter from the upper portion of the head. The resistor has a spindle shape with a first tapered surface widening from the bottom of the head so as to define a wide section of the resistor. The resistor has a second tapered surface extending and narrowing from the wide section of the first tapered surface.

Claims

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I claim:  
     
       1. An apparatus for massaging a prostrate gland by contracting of a human sphincter comprising: 
       a head having a size suitable for fitting into a human rectum and through the sphincter, said head having a bulbous upper portion and a tapered section extending from said upper portion, said tapered section narrowing in diameter from said upper portion; and  
       a resistor connected to a bottom of said head, said resistor having a spindle shape with a first tapered surface widening from said bottom of said head so as to define a wide section of said resistor, said resistor having a second tapered surface extending and narrowing from said wide section of said first tapered surface, said tapered section of said head having a diameter dimension which is equal to a diameter dimension on said second tapered surface of said resistor where said diameter dimensions are separated by a longitudinal distance of between 1 and 1.5 inches.  
     
     
       2. The apparatus of  claim 1 , said head and said resistor having a combined length of less than four inches. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus of  claim 1 , said second tapered surface of said resistor having an angle of taper which is not greater than an angle of taper of said tapered section of said head. 
     
     
       4. The apparatus of  claim 1 , said wide section of said resistor having a diameter that is no more than a diameter of said head at a longitudinal distance of between 1 and 1.5 inches from said wide section of said resistor.

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